Disclaimer: Still don't own Evangelion, that's Gainax's.

A/N:Okay, here's the ending.

A few hours after I got home, the doorbell rang. I answered it to find a Section Two agent waiting. "Captain Toshi Kurokawa?" he asked. I nodded my reply and he gestured to the car. I grabbed my jacket, which held my NERV ID card and my pocket watch, then locked the door behind me.

Climbing into the car, I checked my phone. I quickly sent a message to Misato, "Were the Section 2 agents your idea?"

About a minute later I got a reply, "No, NERV protocol. I would have picked you up myself, but they wouldn't let me."

I sent her one last message before stretching back and popping my music in, "Okay, I'll see you there, Misato-san."

The drive was quite, save my music. Currently, it was "Apollo Road" by ATB featuring Dash Berlin.

The car stopped and the driver opened the door for me. I climbed out to see a small jet plane with two figures standing in front of it.

"Misato-san, Akagi-san." I said as I approached them.

"Ready?" Misato asked.

"As I'll ever be," I replied.

We boarded the plane and Akagi gave me some instructions. "Remember, this Eva doesn't have any active data we can work with, so we don't know what will happen."

"I understand. Will it be a full activation test, with movement or just simply connecting to it?" I responded.

"Full, we'll have you moving about after we get everything else synced up," Misato answered for Akagi.

"Cool," I cheered. "So, when will we be landing?"

"About twenty minutes. We've got a small room set up for you to stay in. You'll find your plugsuit there as well," Akagi answered.

"Did you hear about what happened to Eva-04?" I asked.

"What? Something happened to it?" Misato seemed confused.

"Yeah, I heard rumours that it exploded and took the entire base with it. That's why the US was so pushy to get us to have Sangouki." I explained.

"The rumours are true. We're still investigating it. But, how did you know about this?" Akagi mused.

"I help out around the base, and I overheard some of the staff talking about it. I also found something about it in the Magi, but they rejected my access."

"What? How does Toshi-kun know more about what happens at NERV than I do?" Misato exclaimed.

"It's not a clearance thing, if you are wondering. I just hear things while I'm running files around." I replied.

After a short while, the plane started to descend and a minute later, came to a halt. "We're here," Misato muttered as the door opened.

Climbing out, a Section Two agent was waiting for me. I groaned and followed him to the room Akagi mentioned. "Do you know when the activation test is?" I asked him when we arrived.

"1100. I will come inform you a half hour prior to," the agent explained before leaving.

"Let's see, that leaves me with about," I checked my pocket watch, "twelve hours," I mumbled before entering the room. "Nine for sleep, and I'll be able to get ready for it in the last couple hours." I threw my coat over a table and collapsed on the bed, suddenly exhausted.

I awoke to pounding on my door. "Pilot Kurokawa, the activation test is in thirty-five minutes."

I glanced about the room, trying to locate my plugsuit. Finding it, I stripped and donned the baggy gear. I pressed the button on the wrist as I stepped out to greet the agent. "Lead the way," I said.

He led me to a small trailer before gesturing and walking off.

People are so... boring, today.

I was about to grab the door knob, but it swung open and Misato and Akagi walked out. "Toshi-kun! You ready?" the purple-haired major asked.

"He better, he was supposed to be here ten minutes ago," the doctor chided.

"Okurete kite sumimasen, Akagi-san,*"I mumbled to her.

"Quit acting like Baka Shinji!" a voice demanded from behind me.

I spun around to find myself face to face with none other than the Soryu. "What the hell are you here for? Shouldn't you be in Tokyo-3 in case there's an Angel?"

"She's here in case there's an Angel attack nearby," Akagi answered.

"Oh that's just lovely! I can't go one day without her being around me!" I whined.

"Get used to it," Soryu growled.

"Bite me," I challenged.

"Dummkopf!" Soryu stormed off to return to her Eva.

Real mature, Soryu, real mature. I took a few deep breaths before turning to the doctor and my boss. "Why couldn't Shinji-kun or Rei-chan be here instead?"

"Asuka volunteered," Misato explained. "Now, go with Ritsu or I'll kick your ass."

"Yes, Misato-san." I mumbled following Akagi.

We climbed the tower at the end of paved path and stopped at the ejected entry plug. "What order are the systems coming online?" I asked the scientist.

"Eva sync, status, Magi and then the maps. Why?"

"Just wondering. Will I be able to write my own programs for the system? Or am I limited to what's there?"

"What did you have in mind?"

"I was going to write some code to link up some systems. Specifically the map with the Magi." I explained, and a program to grant me further access within the Magi to get any info. Something's not sitting right with me.

"Do you have it finished?" she asked.

"I need some of the hooks to link them. I managed to crack the encryption for the maps and scanning array to link them. Now I just need some help with the Magi," I elaborated.

"Maya can give you a hand with that, she has access to everything you'll need. If you're missing one, come find me. She can also help you integrate the code you've written," she explained. "Now, let's get this test over with before Misato kills us both."

"Thanks, Akagi-san," I replied before climbing in. There was a slight lurching motion as the plug was inserted. I took a deep breath as the LCL flooded in.

A comm-link opened and I heard Ibuki, "You're doing good, Kurokawa-kun."

"Please, call me Toshi, Ibuki-san," I replied.

"First stage connections complete," someone said as the inside of the plug flickered a bunch of colours before becoming a realistic view. Unlike the other units, mine had no bars throughout for support. It felt like I was floating in the seat.

"Commencing secondary contacts," Ibuki added.

I fiddled with the clips in my hair so they were a little more comfortable.

"A-10 nerve connection normal," Ibuki continued.

"Set the thought configuration to English," Akagi ordered, "All preliminary contacts established."

I felt a slight tingle all over my body, as the Eva's nerves became an extension of mine.

"Bi-directional circuits are open. Synchronization rate at sixty-eight-point-nine percent," Ibuki finished.

"How do you feel, Toshi-kun?" Misato asked.

"Just fine. I feel like I'm a giant and in cement, but otherwise I'm fine, Misato-san," I answered.

"Okay, begin loading the status of all pilots," Akagi ordered.

The left screen flickered and showed the four icons again, only two of them, Rei's and Shinji's, had the word 'Offline' written across them. Soryu's and mine had data. Her sync-ratio was sitting at seventy-five-point-eight percent, heart rate was normal, no damage recorded on the Evangelion. Mine showed similar statistics, only a lower sync-ratio.

"Akagi-san, the status screens booted normally," I informed her.

"Maya, please connect Unit-03 to the GPS satellites," Akagi explained.

"Yes, Sempai," Ibuki replied before typing a few commands into her console. The middle screen flickered and then an image of the planet as it was now appeared. The view zoomed in rapidly until it stopped on an area around me. I was standing in the middle of a two-pillar hole, and Soryu was standing in her Eva about twenty metres away.

"Okay, maps are go. Let's connect me to the Magi," I said.

"Sempai?" Ibuki asked.

"Go ahead. Then we move onto the last phase of tests," Akagi replied.

"Hai," Ibuki started typing away. "Melchior and Balthasar connecting to the on-board computer; Casper refuses to allow him to connect."

"What? Why would Akagi-san's mother lock me out?" I asked.

"I'm not sure, standby," Akagi answered and cut the comm. link.

"Casper, why are you rejecting the live connection and not the simulated one?" I asked no one. I groaned and, with no one else to talk to, I opened a channel to Soryu. "Hey, Soryu-chan, how's it going?"

When the video feed came on, Soryu's face looked like she'd strangle me if she could, "What do you mean 'how's it going'?"

"I'm stuck here. Casper is locking me out of the Magi," I replied. "I'm bored in here."

The German laughed, "Suits you right!"

"Eh? Why?"

"Toshi-kun," another channel screen popped up, but it was only audio, "You okay in there?"

"I'm fine, Misato-san. Any news on why Casper's rejecting my connection?" I grumbled.

"Nothing yet. Ritsu and Maya are looking in to it," she replied.

"This is so boring," I whined. "Until that links done, I can't do anything."

"I know, they're working on it," Misato repeated.

"Misato, why does he get all the fancy toys for his Eva?" the German asked.

I shook my head at that question, "Because I'm older and more mature."

"More mature, my ass!" Soryu broke into a fit of laughter.

"I can be mature!" I countered, but Soryu just laughed harder.

"Asuka, he gets the 'fancy toys' because he has military training and can effectively direct the fights to ensure as few casualties as possible," Misato chided the girl.

That just warranted more laughter from the red-head. "So what, he's a captain, whoop de fricken do."

"Soryu-chan, do you have a mature bone in your entire body?" I growled, the control on my temper slipping again.

God, is there a time when she's not a bitch?

Soryu stopped laughing instantly.

"Toshi-kun, we've got the problem resolved. Casper didn't understand why she had to be included," Ibuki called out. Misato's channel closed and a video channel with the control room was opened.

"Okay," I glanced at the right screen, "Connection established."

"Releasing primary restraints," another voice said, "everything nominal."

"Secondary restraints removed, status unchanged," a third said.

"How do you feel, Toshi?" Akagi asked.

"Fine, less of that 'trapped in cement' feeling."

"Okay, remove final safety locks; let's get this test over with," Akagi barked the orders.

"Final locks releasing," Ibuki said as the pillars around me retracted into the ground. "Locks removed, status unchanged."

"Just focus on walking for now, Toshi," the doctor said.

"Roger," I nodded and thought about walking; the Eva responded immediately.

"Excellent, let's get you over to Eva-02," Akagi continued.

I checked the map and started walking over. It was a weird feeling; feeling like a giant, but seeing yourself floating in the middle of nothing. I quickly brought up results of Soryu's first activation.

Hah. My ratio's higher than hers by nearly double. I smiled.

"What's there to smile 'bout, Dorei Kurokawa?" the redhead demanded.

"Just something I remembered," I answered. My smile faded at 'dorei', "And I'm not a slave."

"You are so. You do anything you're asked to," Soryu continued. "Especially when Misato asks you to do something."

Something in my mind snapped. Ibuki must have detected it, "Toshi-kun, do-"

"Soryu-chan, how is me doing what is required of my job any different than your job of fighting the Angels? At least I don't gush over people, like you do to a certain... agent," I snarled.

"I fight because I like to! You do what's asked because you're her slave. How dare you speak of Kaji like that!" Soryu screamed.

"I do what's asked of me because that's my job. At least I'm not trying to get into bed with someone more than double my age!" I yelled back.

"Enough!" Misato roared. "Both of you are acting like four-year-olds."

"But he star-" Soryu started.

"I don't want to hear it, Asuka." Misato interrupted.

"Gomen nasai, Misato-san," I mumbled.

"Dorei," Soryu muttered.

"Once this test is over, you two will have to learn to get along or both of you will be removed from piloting status. Do I make myself clear?" the Major said with barely contained anger.

"Yes, ma'am," I muttered.

"Yes, Misato," Soryu said quietly.

"Good, now then," Misato paused, "Ritsu, are there any problems or things left to test?"

"Nope, that's everything. We'll fine tune it later during a sync test," Akagi replied. "Oh, and Toshi, you can work on your project tomorrow after we've gotten everything transported."

"Thank you Akagi-san for allowing me to do this," I bowed slightly in the plug.

"Don't thank me, thank Maya, she'll be helping you with this."

"With what, Sempai?" the bridge bunny asked.

"A small project of mine," I answered. "I'll email you some of the details tonight."

The woman nodded and the channel was closed. I glanced at Soryu's window and she glared before closing the channel as well. "Bitch," I said to no one.

I tapped on the screen and ejected my plug to head back to NERV HQ.

"Why do you smell like blood, Toshi?" my mother asked when I got home.

"Can't tell you, it's classified," I replied. "Why are you home tonight?"

"What, I'm not allowed to visit my family? And where's your father?"

You aren't here to 'just visit', not twice in two days. He's probably with his 'friend', I thought solemnly. "I don't know; I've been working all night."

"On what?" she asked as I heard something fall in the kitchen. I just shook my head; it's not unusual for her to knock stuff over.

"Classified," I replied automatically.

"I see," she murmured.

"Oh, Mum, I've been meaning to talk to you about me moving out," I said when I entered the kitchen.

"Have you found a place yet?"

"No, I'm going to ask Misato-san if she can help me," I answered.

"Who's Misato?" she asked as I realized that I hadn't told her the name of my boss.

"She's my CO at work," I explained.

"CO?" she gave me a confused look.

"Commanding Officer," I elaborated.

"Anyways, I have to get back to work, keep me updated on your house hunt," Mum said before rushing out the door.

"Like you care," I muttered before taking a shower, emailing Ibuki and going to bed.

I woke up and ran into a Section Two Agent outside my door. I groaned, "What the hell are you doing here?"

"Ensuring your house is safe," he replied instantly.

"I've got a gun near me at all times, military training and military experience. I don't need a goddamn Spook watching my fucking house. Nor do I need you walking me to NERV four fucking blocks away," I growled, "Now, if you'd be so kind as to leave me alone, that would be just perfect."

The agent just shook his head.

A look of anger flashed over my face, I'm sure of it. I pushed passed the man and walked towards the nearest NERV entrance. I guarantee that the agent was a couple steps behind me, but I didn't care. Swiping my card I reported in to the bridge.

"Ibuki-san, is now a good time to work on my project? I've got my thumb drive and laptop on me," I asked.

"Sure, what did you need to finish?" she asked.

"I just need the hooks to link up the Magi with the maps and scanning array," I paused, "And I was wondering if I could rig up a database that'd be onboard in case I can't connect to the Magi."

"There's too much data in the Magi to backup to the Eva, Toshi-kun," Ibuki replied.

"Okay," I said before digging my laptop out. "Firstly, let's get the map and Magi linked."

"What for? Your email wasn't very detailed," she gave me a puzzled look.

I grabbed a chair and sat beside her, "I just want to be able to bring up detailed reports for locations and they can display the calculations for plans right on the map instead of as just text."

She nodded, "Okay, do you have everything ready?"

"I only need the hooks for sending a visual suggestion to the Magi, displaying information from the Magi on the map, changing the displayed info based on which option I select on the Magi screen and making use of the video channels to display the solution chosen to the other pilots," I explained, "and I already have the query menu changed; it was too basic and the results were not the most relevant. It now displays the results in a list based on a few keywords, so I can formulate plans more effectively." I added silently: And the query will give me total access to the Magi with no traces left.

"Okay, those will be easy to do. Let's get started then we can implement them," she said and started typing away.

It took us only an hour to finish getting everything written; fifteen minutes after that, we had the code added to the Plug systems.

"Thanks Ibuki-san," I smiled, "I think you even helped me improve upon my code."

"It was nothing," she replied.

Of course, you'd do anything the Doctor asks . . .

With the project finished, I went off to find Akagi to plan a few training exorcises. I first wanted to see them fighting under my orders, then we could move on to me fighting alongside them.

"God damn it! Where the hell is she?" I yelled out in frustration.

"Who are you looking for, Toshi-kun?" a voice asked from behind me.

"Misato-san, what are you doing here?" I turned to face her, "And I'm looking for Akagi-san."

"On my way to meet with the Commander. Ritsu should probably be in her office," Misato explained. "Oh yeah, here's your new card," she reached into her pocket and produced it.

"Uh... thanks?" I stammered, taking the piece of plastic.

"Your security clearance has been increased as has your pay. You won't have an office, though," the major said.

"Oh, sweet," I smiled, my frustration gone in a heartbeat. "Misato-san, can I get some help with something?"

"What can I do?" she asked.

"I need to move out. More so, now that I'm the Operations Director; I can't just leave my files laying around where my family can see them," I replied.

"There's a suite available next-door to mine; I can talk to the Commander for you, if you want," she offered.

"Sure, that'd be great. Shinji-kun and Soryu-chan can give me a hand with moving."

"I'll message you if it's approved," Misato said and checked her watch. "I gotta go, I'm late as it is."

"Thanks again. Talk to you later," I smiled before we split at the first turn.

When I arrived at Akagi's office, I noticed two things: the first is that the door was locked, the second was that the other three pilots were standing in the hall by the door.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Doctor Akagi requested that the first three Children meet with here," Rei answered in her usual monotonous way.

Just then, the alarms started blaring.

"Shit! Everyone, get changed and report to the Cage for immediate deployment!" I barked.

The others ran towards the change rooms while I pulled out my phone and called Ibuki.

"Ibuki-san, what's the status of the Angel?"

"It's currently at the Matsushiro Base. N2 mines standing by for launch." she answered.

"Fire them. Do whatever it takes to buy us some time to prepare. Have all information on the Angel ready to send to me when I activate my Eva," I ordered before running to the change rooms.

The others had already left the room, so I quickly changed and joined them. While putting on my plugsuit, I noticed there was an emblem added. It was the captain's badge with a silhouette of an Eva's head overlayed.

The four of us board our plugs and I as soon as Sangouki is activated, I open a channel with the bridge.

"Ibuki-san, send me what you have on it."

"Bardiel's data is minimal. Pattern confirmation negative; blood pattern is orange. The Angel's appears to be Eva-04," She explains as an image appears on the right monitor.

"Orange?"

"Hai."

"Shit. Well, thanks Ibuki-san, I'll take it from here." I closed the channel with the bridge and opened the cross-eva channel. "Soryu-chan, Rei-chan, Shinji-kun, if it gets past us, the defences will not work; we're the first and last." I explained to the others.

But 04 was lost...

"Toshi-san, what do we do?" Shinji asked.

"Hold on," I replied before sending my plan to the Magi.

A few seconds later, it gave me their assessment. Shit. Only an 0.5% success rate.

I quickly queried the supercomputers for another plan only to have it give me no viable results.

I swore again. "Okay, here's the plan." I used the new programs I added in to broadcast the plan via a video channel.

"Soryu-chan, Shinji-kun and I will take point with Rei-chan staying behind at point Alpha," I explained, as a small dot with the letter A beside it appeared on the map, "We will engage the Angel at point Beta," another dot appeared labeled 'B' appeared ten kilometres away from point A.

"From there, Rei-chan will use the positron sniper rifle to go for the core, located here on the Eva," a diagram appeared in another channel with an X over the Eva's - Wait, Angel's - chest.

"Soryu-chan and Shinji-kun are to restrain the Eva at all costs so I can cut away the armour to reveal the core, and, once I'm out of the way of the shot, Rei-chan will shoot the core," I concluded. "Any questions?"

"Where will the rifle be deployed?" Rei asked.

"Drop B8-Omega," I answered, highlighting it on the map for her.

"Very well," she nodded on screen.

"Soryu-chan, Shinji-kun, I'm getting some Prog-lances sent up for you. Drops E5-Mu and E5-Sigma will house them," I explained.

The two pilots nodded and prepared for deployment.

"Rei-chan, I'll have you deployed near the drop, the rest of us will be near point Beta," I finished. Reopening the channel to the bridge, I said: "Evangelions, launch!"

A second later, we were being pressed into our seats under the immense force, which lasted a matter of seconds before we suddenly stopped.

"Move out!" I quickly checked the map to make sure everyone was moving. The Angel was roughly two kilometres from Beta. I closed the channel to Rei, "Double your speed, we've got about five minutes to prep for attack."

I flicked my wrists and deployed the wrist-blades, which were about the same length as Eva-03's forearms. The two pilots grabbed the lances as we passed by and moved into position. I stood directly in front of the designated point, with Soryu on my left behind a building, and Shinji was on my right, also behind a building.

Muting the channels to Soryu and Shinji, I reopened Rei's, "Rei-chan, are you in position?"

"Yes."

"Good, wait for my signal."

She nodded and the channel was closed. I unmuted the remaining channels before sending out a ping to the Angel with the array.

Reading the information displayed, I found nothing useful; no change in blood pattern, no mutations, nothing. It was just an Eva. "Son of a bitch," I muttered.

"Dorei Kurokawa!" Soryu screeched.

My eye twitched again, "Be careful fighting that thing. I've got nothing on it. For all intents and purposes, it's just as strong as we are. I've got no records on what 04 was capable of." Probably because the Magi are being stingy and denying me access.

I heard Shinji muttering something, it sounded like "I mustn't run away." He kept repeating it.

I opened a channel to the bridge, "Ibuki-san, do we have any signs of a plug being in the Eva?"

"Negative. We're transmitting the abort signal with no results," she replied.

"Okay, thanks. If you find anything out, let me know."

She nodded and again, the channel closed.

With the channels open to Shinji and Soryu, I began counting down. "Encounter in five. Four. Three. Two. One!"

The beast stumbled around the mountain. It was about the same size as mine, black, but some of the armour on it's body was melted and revealed blue-black coloured skin. It was hunched over, with it's arms coming to about its knees.

Great, so it's arms are slightly longer, but so are mine.

It spotted me and roared. I moved into a defensive stance with my left blade in front and the right near my head. With another roar, Bardiel sprang at me. It landed on top of me with it's arms around my throat. I coughed, "Soryu-chan, Shinji-kun, NOW!"

The two moved in sync, probably from the fight against the dual-Angel. They each grabbed an arm and pulled it off me. I kicked it in the chest just as the two roommates let go, sending the massive beast flying.

We ran at it and with them using their lances, pinned it's hands to the ground. "Grab the daggers and pin the feet!" I leaned forward onto it's torso and started slashing at the chestplate.

The Angel screamed again as the daggers bit into it's ankles. The others drew their prog-knives and started slashing at the armour as well.

With another roar, the shoulder pylons exploded to reveal two massive arms. It pulled out the lances and crushed them. Before anyone could back off, it had grabbed me with it's new arms, Soryu with the left, and Shinji with the right.

Let me tell you this: It really sucks getting chocked to death. It's a slow death. I always wanted to go quickly and painlessly; so much for that.

A shot rang out and the pressure on my neck decreased slightly. I ripped off the hands from my throat and sliced them off at the elbow. The Second and Third Children managed to cut their way through the arms chocking them before they began to stab repeatedly at the plate.

I slammed the wrist blades into the armour. It cracked once, twice. I stood and brought my foot down on the cracks, which spider-webbed into an array of them.

"Come on you fucking bastard!" I yelled as I brought the blades down on it once more. The plate finally relinquished and shattered. The core was glowing a brilliant red.

I went to back off as Bardiel's arms punched holes through my stomach and one through my chest. I coughed and noticed the blood seeping out from my body. Then the pain hit. It was like nothing I'd felt before.

I coughed again and more blood filled the plug. "Soryu-chan, Shinji-kun, Rei-chan," I coughed up even more blood, "finish the mission; kill the angel... at all costs." I grabbed the arms as best I could and held them tightly.

"Take... the shot, Rei-chan," I gasped as my vision started to fade.

I heard a gun fire before I felt even more pain, if that's even possible, as the blast went through my chest into the core. It shattered and the Angel fell limp.

"Everyone... I'm sorry. Goodbye," I breathed out, barely above a whisper. I collapsed onto the ground and then I felt nothing.

* translates to "Sorry for being late, Akagi-san."

A/N: Well, there you have it. Henka suru Sekai is done. Sorry it took so long for this part; I've been too busy to actually work on it. I've nearly doubled the word count with this and added a further 15 pages to it, bring the total to 27. This marks a couple huge achievements for me: firstly, it's the only story to date that's actually been finished, it's also the longest story I've written (10k+ words, I think), and it's also my most detailed work.

I'm actually quite satisfied with how this fic went. Toshi seemed well developed to me as did his relationships with the other characters. I was having a slight bit of trouble for how this would end, but with some help, I settled on ending it with Toshi's death. I couldn't decide if I wanted him to be severely injured, dead or someone else being injured/killed. It could probably be assumed that Shinji would be just as distraught over Toshi's death as he was with Kaoru's in EoTV. Misato would most likely be heartbroken over it. Rei wouldn't show any signs of anything, and Asuka might not really care, either. I'm not going to say how they'd take it, I'll leave that to those that read this.

I'm not sure if it's because I got extremely drawn in to what I was writing, or I just wrote it to invoke certain emotions, but either way, I actually started to tear up slightly (Yes, a guy that cries, don't die of shock). I feel sorry for Misato, Rei, Asuka and Shinji. Even if Toshi and Asuka didn't get along, I don't think anyone wants a person to die in the manner Toshi did.

All in all, I hope everyone that reads this enjoyed it. I've got a couple ideas for a retake on this that follows in the Rebuild 'verse and I'm trying to find a good name for it. Possibly along the same lines as Henka suru Sekai, but possibly using a different way to write it that's more of a literal translation for "World of Change" not "Changing world" (which is the literal translation for the title of this fic).

To all that read this: Please review it. I spent a lot of time writing this and I would like some feedback. I rarely finish stories because I don't get the feeling that anyone sees them as worth providing comments on it.

As always, thanks to Kiya Yuki for proof reading this.